BRIDGE: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?

Up early.  Always happens on the day that I am scheduled to leave for a nationals.  I have a flight this afternoon into New Orleans.  It has been a bit nerve-wracking over the past two days to watch the progress of tropical depression, nee tropical storm, Bonnie as it crossed the Atlantic, Florida and the… Continue reading BRIDGE: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?

BOOK REVIEW: “Soccernomics” by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski

“Freakonomics” for Soccer. “Moneyball” for futbol.  If you remember nothing else from this review than that, you will have the major point.  “Soccernomics” is a book that applies economic principles to the game of soccer.  While European soccer is the main focus of the book, Americans will find something of interest since the authors make… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: “Soccernomics” by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski

THEATER REVIEW: Performance Network’s “The Seafarer” by Conor McPherson

It’s an old tale told many times – a man (almost always a man) battles with the devil for possession of his soul.  This time the man is James “Sharky” Harkin, and the setting is Baldoyle, North Dublin, Ireland on Christmas Eve.  Sharky opens the play by coming into the living room area of what… Continue reading THEATER REVIEW: Performance Network’s “The Seafarer” by Conor McPherson